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False death cap

Amanita citrina · Amanitas (Amanita)

Inedible
False death cap
📷 Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Inedible and suspected to be toxic. Dangerous above all because it closely resembles the death cap.

Recognise it safely – what matters

  1. Spherical bulb with a sharp rim
  2. Smells of raw potatoes
  3. Easily confused with the deadly death cap

Features

Cap
4–10 cm, pale lemon yellow to whitish, with veil remnants.
Underside
Gills: white.
Stem
White with a ring; spherical bulb with a sharply defined rim.
Flesh
White
Smell
Of raw potatoes
Spore print
White

Season

Habitat

Broadleaf and coniferous forests on acidic soils, very common.

Beuk, Eik, Den, Fijnspar

Risk of confusion

Death cap The deadly death cap has a greener cap, a bulb with a membranous sac and does not smell of potatoes. Weidechampignon Edible species Field mushrooms have pink to brown gills and no bulb.

Never identify mushrooms by pictures or an app alone. When in doubt, ask a mushroom expert – and only pick what you know for sure.

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